
Restraints in Employment Agreements
By Rodney Commins and Lachlan Commins, Patterson Houen & Commins, Lawyers, Sydney. Protect your business & know your rights Employers have a ...

Redundancies in Fiji – a snapshot
By Armish Pal, AP Legal, Lawyers, Fiji Redundancies are part of the modern day business and in Fiji it is subject ...

When is a Contractor considered an Employee?
By Genevieve Lakey, Aitken Partners, Melbourne, Lawyers It is important to know the differences between an employee and a contractor as this will ...

Effect of Separation on 457 Visa
By Sharmini Subramaniam, Aitken Partners, Lawyers, Melbourne. The 457 visa is the most commonly used program for employers in Australia to ...

Common mistakes when calculating an employee’s termination payment
By Mark O'Connor, Cutcher & Neale, Accountants, Newcastle. An employment termination payment is generally a lump sum amount paid to an ...

Employee Discretionary Bonuses: Is there an unfettered right to withhold them?
By Rodney Commins Patterson Houen & Commins Lawyers, Sydney. Many employment contracts include terms relating to ‘discretionary’ bonuses and the employer ...

High Court Rejects Implied term of Mutual Trust & Confidence – Employment Law
By Richard Cowen & Marcelle Webster, Tucker & Cowen, Lawyers, Brisbane. In the decision of Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker ...

Are your workers employees or contractors? Fair Work blitz on sham contracting
By Rod Commins, Patterson Houen Commins, Lawyers, Sydney. Cases before the Federal Circuit Court have recently resulted in imposition of ...

How enforceable are restraint of trade clauses in contracts?
By Stephen Curtain, Aitken Partners, Lawyers, Melbourne. Restraint of trade clauses are commonly found in employment contracts, being used to ...

Workplace Laws – A Change in Course?
The recently elected Coalition government, with an eye on the Work Choices debacle, which ushered it from power in 2007, ...